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Jurors weighing the case of the suburban Minneapolis police officer who shot and killed Black motorist Daunte Wright asked the judge after a full day of deliberations Tuesday what they should do if they can't reach a verdict.

The suburban Minneapolis police officer on trial for fatally shooting Daunte Wright has said she mistakenly used her gun when she was trying to grab a Taser during a chaotic attempt to arrest the Black motorist

Neither charge requires prosecutors to prove Potter intended to kill Wright, and they pointed that out to the jury during opening statements.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jurors weighing the case of the suburban Minneapolis police officer who shot and killed Black motorist Daunte Wright asked the judge after a full day of deliberations Tuesday what they should do if they can’t reach a verdict.

The jury resumes deliberations in the manslaughter trial of Kim Potter. The jury returned Tuesday after meeting for about a half-day Monday following closing arguments.

MINNEAPOLIS — The jury weighing the case of the suburban Minneapolis police officer who shot and killed Black motorist Daunte Wright worked through its second day of deliberations Tuesday without any hint of progress they might have made.

Home for the holidays is daunte wright. >> reporter: in final arguments prosecutors asking the jury to look at the video of the fatal traffic stop and use common sense, accusing former officer kimberly potter of making rash and reckless choices by firing her gun after warning she was about to fire a taser. >> she chose to engage she chose to use force. she chose to escalate. she knew she had both weapons on her duty belt she knew how to get it right. but she failed to get it right she failed dau...

Wright he broke free from a law enforcement officer and took off in his car, even after he was shot. no threat? >> i would have preferred had daunte wright followed the commands and not tried to flee, sure. does that absolve her from liability does that allow her to shoot him to death it does not. >> reporter: the jury deciding the case has nine white men and women with two asian americans and one african-american woman. and theyre sequestered as they try to reach a verdict. lester >> ron allen ...

That police officers can mistakenly draw their guns instead of their tasers in high stress situations, citing a somewhat disputed theory referred to as "action error." that is important because much of this case boils down to how the jury ultimately interprets potters mistake. in their closing arguments, the defense said a mistake is no reason to send someone to prison. >> everybody makes mistakes. nobody is perfect, ladies and gentlemen. this lady here made a mistake, and my gosh, a mistake is ...

Not far off on a reasonable bill. now you have to get past the senate rules on that. you got two different challenges. they got to overcome at least one of them from a purely political matter moving the country for ward. >> steve, thank you so much for coming on. we hope you feel better soon and thank you for sharing with us in realtime what its like to have the breakthrough infection with the vaccine and booster. >> thank you jeremy peters as well. still ahead on "morning joe," its day two of j...